Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Aplanulata > Family Tubulariidae

Ectopleura L. Agassiz, 1862

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parypha*	Agassiz, 1860	synonym

Children

Ectopleura crocea (Agassiz, 1862)
Ectopleura dumortieri (van Beneden, 1844)
Ectopleura dumortierii (Van Beneden, 1844)
Ectopleura larynx (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Ectopleura minerva Mayer, 1900
Ectopleura sacculifera Kramp, 1957
Ectopleura wrighti Petersen, 1979

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ソトエリクラゲ属

Literature

original description	Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120
additional source	Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296
redescription	Schuchert, P. 2012. North-West European Athecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) 59. The Linnean Society of London, London, pp. i-viii, 1-364.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Ectopleura L. Agassiz, 1862. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117254

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Ectopleura L. Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d3cdae3c-a489-4994-b747-61bcc0ca8cf2